. Electric railway journal . ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM—ONE OF EIGHTEEN 63-TONELECTRIC FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES v/hich at present is greatly congested and in no respectcommensurate with the importance of the traffic han-dled. At the same time there exists in Toledo a large steamfreight terminal station belonging to the Toledo Termi-nal Railroad Company which is unused for the pur-poses for which it was built. Its location is such thatit could adequately serve all electric lines entering thecity. A part of the station could be used for pas-senger service. If this structure were released for the. May 1
. Electric railway journal . ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM—ONE OF EIGHTEEN 63-TONELECTRIC FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES v/hich at present is greatly congested and in no respectcommensurate with the importance of the traffic han-dled. At the same time there exists in Toledo a large steamfreight terminal station belonging to the Toledo Termi-nal Railroad Company which is unused for the pur-poses for which it was built. Its location is such thatit could adequately serve all electric lines entering thecity. A part of the station could be used for pas-senger service. If this structure were released for the. May 11, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 905 use of the electric lines, conditions at Toledo would bevery much improved. There are possibly similar caseselsewhere of steam railroad property that could be re-leased to the electric lines. Heavy Carload Carrier—Toledo &Western Railroad The Toledo & Western Railroad, running due westfrom Toledo to Pioneer, Ohio, and with a branch run-ning from Allen Junction to Adrian, does one of themost extensive interchange businesses of any electricline in the country. More than 75 per cent of the revenueis obtained from freight operation. The organization of this line is similar to that of asteam railroad and, in fact, is considered as such by a facturing district, could supply. During the off-peakhours enormous quantities of merchandise could be han-dled over the elevated and surface lines to and from theheart of the city by these interurban systems withoutany inconvenience or annoyance to the public. The present elevated lines are used for p
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